Roberta Dively Ferguson

Roberta Dively Ferguson, age 88, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 9, 2011. She was born in Mansfield PA on September 11, 1922 the youngest of five children of Samuel and Etna Garrett Dively. Her family moved to Lordstown when she was a small child and then to Warren as a teenager. She graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in June of 1940 and was married to Angus Ferguson November 28, 1942. She began working at the House of Fashion in Warren right after high school and became a buyer at the age of 19 and eventually became the store manager, continuing there until 1960. In 1961, with her husband Angus, she opened a well known women’s specialty shop Roberta’s, in downtown Warren where she continued successfully in business until her retirement in 1995. Mrs. Ferguson was the first women in Warren to serve on the boards of the Second National Bank and Trumbull Memorial Hospital. She served as the retail chairperson of the Warren Area Cancer Drive, the board of Junior Achievement, Warren Redevelopment and Planning Corp., Warren Chamber of Commerce and in 1998 was elected to the Warren High Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. She was a member of the 1st United Methodist Church and the Trumbull Country Club. Mrs. Fergusons was, at one time an avid golfer, and her proudest moments came after winning the grandmothers Golf Tournaments at the Trumbull Country Club on three separate occasions. She is survived by her son David Ferguson and daughter–in-law Sandra of Atlanta GA; and her daughter Cheryl Ferguson and partner Linda Schnell of Cleveland, OH. She also leaves two grandchildren, David Ferguson and his wife Sara Beth and Bradley Ferguson and his wife, Emily, and six great-grand-children, Bennett, Clay, Haley, Charles, Kathryn, and Angus. She is preceded in death by her husband Angus who died September 13, 2005, brother, Henry Dively, and sisters Helen Kielmeyer, Eleanor Goldner and Ardilea Knapp. Funeral services will be held at McFarland and Son Funeral Home Saturday, January 15, at 11:00am. with the Rev. Rick Oaks officiating. Friends may call 10:00am till the time of the services. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Burial Park, Vienna, OH. In lieu of flowers the family would appreciate contributions to the Shepherd of the Valley Foundation, 5525 Silica Rd. Austintown OH 44515 Arrangements are entrusted to McFarland & Son Funeral Services Company, 271 North Park Avenue, Warren, Ohio 44481. Please visit www.mcfarlandfuneral.com to view this obituary and send condolences.

Roberta Dively Ferguson

September 11, 1922 - January 9, 2011